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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30
The SOrceror.

On Monday morning next, January I'd.
the box sheet for the sale of reserved seats
will De opened at Olivier's book store.
Tickets are now being sold for the very
moderate price of so cents and can be ex-
changed for reserved seats without extra
cost. A we'll written synopsis of the play
has been printed and will be sold at
cents each, which will take the plspe Of
the rs cent liDretto. This will enable
every one to take in the whole plot of the
opera.
It is useless to remind our readers of
the fact that extensive and laborious ar
rangements have been made to place this
opera pa the atage in arst glass style, and
that it is given for the benefit of the City
Poor.
The music is bright, sparkling and en-
joyable, and the plot interspersed with
humorous effects.
Judging from the large sale of tickets.
there will not be vacant seat in the
Opera House on Thursday and Friday
mig hts, January 5.h and 9th.
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DIED.


WOOD-At Pocahontas, Southwest Va, Dec. q.
William F. Wood, OF Staunton, aged q years.
He was formerly a merchant on Augusta street
opposite the Augusta National Bank.
MYERS.-At Decatur, Ala. Dec, 26th Mrs. Vir-
ginia Myers, wife of Mr. W; d. Myers and
daughter of Mr.. Tobias Weller, OF Augusta
county. in the 3Oth year Of her age. She leaves
husband and two children.
LEWIS AT her residence in this city, Thursday.
Dec. Goth, Mrs. j. M Lewis. Funeral services
at o'clock this evening from the NJ. E. church
MILLS. -Deeember 18th, 1887, at his home near
Fishersvi1e Augusta County, Va, Mr..
Samuel Mills, in the I'D years of his age. Mr.. M.
was an esteemed member of the community in
which he lived he was a consistent member of
the linking Spring Presbyterian church. He
was buried in the new cemetery on Dec nth :;
services conducted by Rev. John A, Preston. De-
spite the incemency of the weather. all OF his
neiphboTs were in attendance, thus testifying
the esteem in which they held this good man.
Mir. Mills has two sons doing well in Nebraska,
besides other children in Augusta county.
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BreYities,

Our county friend, whoever he is, who
holds ticket No. 23i has drawn the splen-
did bronze lamp holder, seven feet hig h,
at M. q. Treiber's. 1t awaits the order of
No. 234, but nobody knows who the holder
of the ticket is, except the holder himself.
Twenty-seven divorces have been grant.
ed in Augusta, and nearly as many in
Staunton, in the last twenty years.
Next Sunday being LADIES' Day at the
Y. M. G. A. the afternoon prayer meet
ing will be held in the Baptist church.
We are indebted to Maj. 2. II. Wood
ward of the e. & o., for the best railroad
calendar we have seen out for many years.
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Marriage of a Business Woman.

Miss Malinda McCurdy. more familiar
ly known as ''Miss Mall" the youngest of
the three McCurdy sisters, who own the
hotels at Covington and Clifton Forge,
married last week to Maj. j. E. Evans of
Ashville, N. c., an exConfederatew who as
wounded soldier was nursed by her at
her fathers house during the civil war.
AS the inancer of the three sisters. she
in seven years after his death paid of
$4,000 of debt her father left, and built
and paid for $4,000 hotel at Clifton
Forge. She is remarkable woman of
business and many a man will envy the
Major his good fortune.
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Il an the psrt,es. and from the

of all the parties, and from the
I'D facts of their character and stand
ing, quite Justify the honorable pride with
which from tradition chiefly heretofore
their remote offspring have cherished their
memories.
1t may interest some readers to know
that the lots conveyed by VIM. Beverley IN
February, 1749. were lots Nos. and 7. to
John Cunn Sham; lot No. 8, to James
Brown; l6vlso. i, to John Brown; lot NO.
S. to Ro. McClenahan; lots Nos. and 9.
to Alex. Wright, merchant. VIM. Bever-
ley retained lots Nos. 2, 10 and IL, and
authorized his attorney, in 1850, to sell the
remainder.
The lots which Mai. Ro. Burns held in
1882, were on the east side of Augusta
street, Just below Frederick street.
The two lots owned by Capt. Thos.
Smith, purchased in 1772 and l773. were
on the east side of New street and extend
ed north to Beverley street. He made SIX
other purchases. in and near the town, IN
a few years.
The five purchasers of lots in 1749, with
|, VIM. Beverley himself, the vendor, may
be held to have founded Stanton.
Time and space do not permit now any
proper notice of Robert Cunningham
ESQ.,, who was one of the first justices ap-
pointed for this county in 1745. He was
brother of Jno. Cunningham. He is only
represented now by the family OF the late
Walter Davis; nor can more than mention
| be- made OF William. of David, of Hugh
or Samuel Cunningham, and yet Others
who early removed to what is now the
County of Rockbridge, except perhaps
, that Sarah, granddaughter of Samuel o..
married John McChesney.
| We have dealt with stanton partlcu
larly and it does not appear SO far that any
of the latter names belonged to the town.
| ..D e rs.< .As n A.@
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MARRIED..

CRAIG-KENNEDY- AT the residence of the
bride parents, near Her mitage, Dec. %, 1887.
by Rev. S. W. CARRIER. Mr.. John Craig and
Miss Mary M. Kennedy. all OF Augusta Co.
DoYLE-HARMAN.-At, washington City, on
Thursday night. Dec. 22nd, Capt Thomas S.
Doyle. Principal of the D. ID & 3. l.. Staunton,
and Miss Laura, daughter of Capt. Lewis
Hartman, of Augusta, and grand-daug hter OF
the late Col. NJ. Hartman.
MCLAUGHLIN RUSMIsEL Near Sangers-
Vile Augusta county, Dec. 2lst by Rev. Jos.
A. Miller, Mr. Robert mclaughlin, of POca-
hontas county, W. Va, and Miss Mary L. V.
RuSmiSel,
HEWITT MARSTIN.- AT the residence OF the
brides mother, Mrs. Leila b. MarStin, No. 1927
Main street, Richmond, Dec. 22nd, Mr. j. Willis
Hewitt, OF Staunton, to Miss Irene Marstin.
BAUSERMAN-SILLING Dec. 10, 1887, in
Staunton, Va at the residence of the brides
w Hausenfluck Mr.. James H. Bauserman and
Miss Eli. L. Silings; both OF Augusta Co., Va.
WINE-PLECKE R.-At the home Of the BRIDES
mother in Augusta county, Dec. 18th, by Rev.
Levi Wenger. Mr.. Nm. d. Wine to Miss Vir-
ginia Picker
INCONSISTENCIES Wednesday, Dec 2Sh, at
Methodist Parsonage in this city, by Rev j. 8
Gardner, MI. Geo G. Thomas to Miss Mary E.
Sheets, daughter of Geo. Sheets, all OF Augusta
county
VANFOSSEN-ROW E.-At Mission Chapel, by
Rev. J. f Booker, Dec. lite, Mr.. w. N. Van
fossen and Miss Rosa Rowe, both of this county
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Paying for the sheep.


THE FUND FROM THE DoG-TA1 GIVES
S71 PER CENT. OF THE VALUE OF THE
KILLED sHEEP-543 SHEEP KILLED
AND ST. 636 43 PAID FOR THEM-ONLY
EIGHT DOGS KILLED BY LAW DURING
THE YEAR.
&C., &C., &C.
Last Saturday. the Supervisors met to
fix the compensation to owners of sheep
killed by dogs during the year. The re-
ceipts from the dog-tax for 1887 were
ST. ,647 So. and the appraised value of 54S
sheep killed during the year by dogs was
$2,014. The Supervisors found that their
fund would pay 87i cents in the dollar On
the appraised values and made their al
lowances sccordingly-the owners receiv-
ing ST. 1886 43 for their sheep. Last year
there were 435 sheep killed by dogs, for
which the owners received 81, S3l02. The
following are the allowances made by the
Supervisors. last Saturday, for the losses
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An Old Mason Gone.

Samuel Jones payigl with the exception
of GEO. W. Fuller, the oldest member of
Staunton Lodge No. IS A. F. q A. M,
died last Monday. aged rs years. He had
been for forty-ive years member of the
lodge, and for many years its Tiler. His
funeral took place on Tuesday and was
attended by the lodge. He vas plasterer
by trade. and quiet, unobtrusive work.
ingman, respected by all who knew him.
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FIRE.-The double frame tenement, out
10 the Sunnyside addition, owned and &C.
cupied by David and Fanny Johnson, COL
ored, was destroyed by fire, Friday even
ing, about dark, Some of the furniture
was saved. but most CT it was burned,
with aoVut SIS in money, the savings of
the owner. Nothing but the promptness
of the firemen prevented larger confla-
grafton among the surrounding houses.
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Weather Items,

The cold wave stgack staunton Wed
nesdaY Afternoon, just at the Clearing off
OF warm Christmas rain, and by yester-
day morning at clock the thermometer
had fallen to 49,.
Seven years ago, Christmas day. there
was twenty inches Of snow on the streets
Of Stauntons
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

Food for the brain and nerves that will invigo
rate the body without Intoxicating, is what we
need in these days of rush and worry. Parker's
Tonic restores the vital energies soothes the
nerves, and brings good health quicker than any
thing you can use. nov4 I'm
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City N Offices.

WILLIAM SHEPPARD an experienced Barber
OF Waynesboro, has moved his shop TO No. ZIG
North Augusta Street, this city, near Catholic
church, The shop is well fitted up and is for the
accommodation of white people. novlS
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o45 . 900 20
There were only eight dogs killed by the
law officers of the county during 1887.
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Go to Espenshied's, under the Bank, if you want
firSt-c Shave, Hair Cut, or Dry Shampoo.
oct6
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

BALTIMORE Hog MARKET, Dec 26.-There Is a
fair increase in the receipts over stweek-nearly
900 head-and fairly good trade has prevailed in
nearly all the grades nearly all the offerings hav
Ing teen disposed of by noon to-day. Prices show
an advance of 1ac. since last week, and range now
61a to cents for common to fair hogs, and 7a73e
cents for the better grades, with most sales at TIA
IA cents net. Receipts S092 head.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

Without beautiful hair no woman is beautiful
Is yours falling off or faded? The loss is Vita
Parker's Hair Balsam will preserve your hair and
give back its gloss and youthful color. Clean
elegant. perfect. Prevents dandruff. Ioy4 I'm
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

Wanted-everybody to visit KINzLEY & KNOWLES
when they want choice, fresh meats, No. IA North
Augusta st. 1unez2
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Com IN eV<sIaI.

STAUNToN. Dec. %. 1857
Flour-Extra, IS sos ;Superfine $3.00@$ -;
Family $4.00a$; Wheat, 82a-; Corn, so; Oats
26a23; Rye, 4Sa50; Bacon, l0a12: Tea Black60@75;
Tea Green, 500$l.00; Flax seed, 75@-; Plaster
Ground, S7.00 per ton; Lard. 71a30 Butter 15@18;
Eggs, 20@-; Corn mea.. 50@55 Salt. 81 SO; Bacon
10al2: Sugar 609c: Moasses 40 @75c; Potatoes, so
@65 Timothy Seed $2.50a$2 Is; Wool (washed) 3O@
32c l(unwashed)2 1920 ;CloverSeeds3.O 0@3 80
Baled Il y $7O0@$9.O0 Timothy, &1O.0o@sls.OO Clio
ver sc, 0O@$S,CO; Rye $1,000 Sweet Potatoes, soc
Leather, sole, 2oa25, Harness leather, 3Oa33
Upper leather. 45a55; Seed Potatoes, $O.75aslOO
We continue last weeks quotations.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Dec, 22.-Beef
Catlle.-Prces of Beef Cattle ranged as follows:
Best. .$$4 so 500
Generally rated first quality. AGO a 425
Medium or good fair quality....... 2,75 a 1925
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
Cows, Observation-Disclosures. 2 90 a so
Extreme range of prices. 200 a see
Most of the sales were from........ 800 a 4.50
Total receipts this week 1908. Total sales $50.
OF the receipts 623 came from Virginia.
The receipts, though several hundred less than
/, last week. were sufficient for the fair demand
| generally prevailing. Trading was fair through
out and the quality generally up to that of last
| weeks offerings. There were some very superior
Illinois steers on the market, bunch OF tops of
which were sold to a city butcher for the holiday
trade. Tops were trifle higher as to quality and
| others unchanged.
| Sheep and lambs-There was q moderately fair
Offering this week, as to numbers, about the same
as last week. Taafe was fairly good trade for
! gGoii Saoep and Lambs with the quality showing
some improvement on the range of last weeks re-
! ceipts. We quote butchers Sheen at sa414c for
to good, Sc for extra. and Lambs at 4a54c
per ID gross with q few extra at &c. Receipts this
| week OF Sheep and Lambs were 979 head.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

Leave your orders for Oysters at YEAG Frs
Taken from the shell, alive, at 81. 10 per gallon.
decl6-2t
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ENJOY LIFE.

Whata truly beautiful world we live in! Nature
gives us grandeur Of mountains g'ens and oceans,
and thousands of means of enjoyment. We can
desire 40 better when in perfect health; but how
often do the majority of people feel like giving it
up disheartened, discouraged and worn out with
disease, when there is occasion fog this feeling
as every sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory
proof, that Green's August FEoWer, will make
them free from disease as when born. Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint are the direct causes Of
seventy live per cent Of such maladies as Bilious
ness, Indigestion, Sick headache. Costiveness.
Nervous Prostration, Dizziness of the Head, Pal
pitation OF the Heart and other distressing symp-
toms. Three doses of august FLolrer viii prove
Its wonderful effect Sample bottles, 10 cents
Try it.. nov Is
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

Neo that are fretful, peevish,
NNOS2S cross, or troubled with
Windy Collie, Teething Pains, or
Stomach Disorders, can be relieved
at once by using Acker's Baby soother.
It contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence is safe. Price 25 cents. Sold by
W. ALLEN BRO, Druggists.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

G>>>o the Children. They are es-
SNSS pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough.
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Remedy positive cure. 1t saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
W. M. ALLEN s. BRO, Druggists.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

II You want nice hair cut for Christmas. go 10
Espenshied. under the Bank, corner Augusta ana
Main streets.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

VsNN'< S\cc>> e nisbts Is the be
thousands suffering from Asthma, Con-
sumption, Coughs, etc. Did you ever try
Acker's English Remedy? 1t is the best
preparation known for all Lung Troubles,
sold on positive guarantee at &c.,, SOC,
W. NJ. ALLEN & BIO Dfugsfsts.
ASK your Doctors opinlal whiel are the Best.
Oysters taken frAm the sell, or Oysters t rat
come here area ly O. en-. Only to be had at
YEAGER'S,
gee lt=2t Above New POstOtiice
MANY IF e the are good sar things Of t9 bis
alone on account Of Dyspepsia. Ackers
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation: sola on .
positive guarantee at % and 80 cents, by
W, N. ALLEN & BRO Druggists,
the "Carbolic Smoke Ball" is warranted to cure
Catarrh. Bronchitis Catarrhal Deafness, Croup
Neuralgia, used as preventive OF Diphtheria,
w. M. ALLEN & BRO.
\ cSo1,s Blood Elixir is the only
iced 1t is a positive cure for Ulcers, Erup-
lions or Syphilitic Poisoning. Impurities the
whole system, and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgia pains. We guarantee 1t.
W. M, ALLEN & BRO, Druggists.
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Don't forget to call at the Augusta SHAVING oa
loon for first-class shave. hair cut OF ory shdn
moo You will find first-class assistance always II
attendance.
GEO. q. ESPENSHIED, Proprietor.
.s-You can get your razor honed or ground.
dec9
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HEWITT-MARSTIN.-A At the residence of the
brides mother, Mrs. Leila B. MarStin, No. 1877
Main street, Richmond, Dec. 22nd, Mr.. J. Willis
Hewitt. OF Staunton, to Miss Irene Marstin.
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REvIYAL-GAME SHIPPED NORTH-PER-
sONALS, &C.
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WINF-PL ECKER the home Of the brides
mother in Augusta county, Dec. 18th, by Rev.
Levi Wenger. Mr.. Nm D. Wine to Miss Vir-
ginia Picker.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-13
An Old Creditors Meeting.

Here is story of meeting of credi-
tors. The place was al Old-fashioned
Scotch borough, fast dwindling into a
village, and the meeting was held in the
smoke-room of the largest inn, the time
being an hour in the evening when
every ones work was done. A chair
man was appointed, the usual prelimi-
naries were gone through, and then the
statement of affairs was read. Sad to
say there were no assets. By this time
most of those present had filled their
pipes and ordered comforting and sooth-
inc drinks. The debtors solicitor had
no offers to make, and for time there
was a dead pause, and every one looked
very blue indeed. But presently one Of
the company remembered that the
debtor had a capital tenor voice, and he
suggested to the chairman that, as he
the debtor could make no offer to his
creditors, he could at least give them a
song. The suggestion was met with
considerable approval, and was at once
acted upon. The unfortunate was called
into the room, and, very much to his
astonishment, was asked to sing to the
meeting; he gave them Then You'll
Remember Me-" and several other ap-
propriate songs, which met with rap
turous applause, and before the company
broke up they unanimously voted him
his immediate discharge. Who will
say after this that the art of singing
should not be cultivated
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-13
Wonders Of the Ocean.

The sea occupies three-f -ffths of the
surface of the earth. At the depth of
about 3, 500 feet waves are not felt.
The temperature is the same, varying
only a tri1e from the ice of the pole to
the burning sun of the equator, A mile
down the water has a pressure of over a
ton to the square inch. If box six feet
deep were filed with sea water and al
lowed to avaporate under the sun. there
would be two inches of salt left on the
bottom; Taking the average debth of
the ocean to be. three miles, there would
be layer of pure salt $50 feet thick on
the bed of the Atlantic. The water is
colder at the bottom than at the surface
In the many bays on the coast of Nor
way, the water often freezes at the bot
tom before it does above. Waves are
very deceptive. To look at them in a
storm one would think the water trav-
elled. The water stays in the same
place, but the motion goes on. Some
times in storms these waves are forty
feet high. and travel fifty miles an hour
more than twice as fast as the swiftest
steamer.
Evaporation is a wonderful power in
drawing the water from the sea. Every
year layer of the entire sea fourteen
feet thick is taken up into the clouds.
The winds bear their burden in to the
land, and the water comes down in rain
upon the fields, to flow back at last
through rivers The depth of the sea
presents an interesting problem. Ii the
Atlantic were lowered 1854 feet, the
distance from shore to shore would be
lalf as great, or SEQ miles IF low
srcda little more than three miles, say
Il, $50 feet, there would be a road of
dry land from Newfoundland to Ireland.
This is the plain on which the great At
lantic cables were laid. The Mcditer-
ranean is comparatively shallow. A
drying up of go feet would leave three
different seas, and Africa would be
Joined with Italy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-13
Cylinders to a Locomotive.
A CHANGE SUGGESTED BY EXPERIMENTS
WITH THE MACHINERY OF OCEAN
STEAMERS.

"There is revolution impending in
the construction of locomotives, y said a
llroad engineer, and the Improvement,
understand, is due to the success of
the triple expansion engines on ocean
steamers. Not that compound engines
are to be used for locomotives, but If a
number of cylinders aggregating the
same power will save coal on an ocean
steamer why not on a locomotive. The
fact that the present system is not the
best has been well known for long time
The. transmission of power through the
connecting rods to the two drivers is an
uneconomical way at best, and when in
going round curves the wheels are not
able to turn in unison, one or the other
must slip so long as they are rigidly
connected.
Now it is proposed to use four
cylinders instead of two, one pair for
each set of drivers. The aggregate
power Of the four is equal TO that of
the two now used, but it was found in a
series OF experiments made at Woolrich
Arsenal, in England, by the British
War Office, that the power used to move
the locomotive itself was from 80 to 40
per cent. less with the four cylinders
than with the two. The experiments
were made with an old twO-cylinder
locomotive altered to use four cylinders.
OF course the re ult was not equal to
those that could be obtained with a
machine made to order. The coming
locomotive will have pair of cylinders
for each driver, wheel le."